dude you look alot better its crazy. I am 2 months 7 days clean from opiates. Pills. since I was 16 im 33 now. I have had 2 relapses from decent clean time in between. Now I feel like I know what always brought me to it so I'm just staying away. stay strong man. Days fly by. Every day you will be feeling alittle bit better. even on your shittiest sober day its still better than your best day on drugs. especially after what you know now.
Ikr he’s super lucky he didn’t get resting meth face, I knew people in rehab who were clean for years that you could still tell were methheads while the coke and heroin addicts went back to looking normal after 2-6 months. Meth is scary cause it’s one of the only drugs that causes pretty much permanent damage
I've relapsed on and off for 3 weeks on down, I take methadose and worked so hard to lower my dose to 4mg and my relapse threw my dose balance off. I just want to be free of all opiods/opiates....it hurts so much. I trust is the Lord and pray for his help to overcome all my temptations and forgiveness of my sins.
@@benevans3811 Dont let it get you down. Each time I relapsed I took a lesson away from it. It sucks. Theres no other way to describe it. You know what has to happen and it will. Keep working/ youve got this.
Thank you. And your right and that's what I'm trying to prove that there is no reason not to be able to tell people the horrible thing we done in addition being ashamed, I putting it all out there , living proof that people can change and move on fighting addiction
You're beyond welcome. Hey, our first steps are admitting we have an addiction and exposing our faults. it's just part of our struggeling reality. Oh man, the things I'm ashamed of! We all have those guilts. You're on a great road...keep pushing that gas pedal...🤗🖒🕇
You got it bud one day at a time!! It can be done for anyone going through it right now please gather the inner streanth to get through the worst. Prayers to u and anyone else withdrawing right now! 🙏🙏💯💯
The struggle is real Zach, day 8 now for me finally starting to feel better now its the head war. Trying to keep busy with good people that support your recovery and these videos really do help. Your doing so well even to share all to everyone like this and your so real and honest. Your a decent guy Zach keep going strong and your life will turn right round and you have a diary of your progress well done stay strong and keep smiling xx
@@bexleybeyond7524 Thanks very much for asking really kind. I'm getting stronger each day 💪...looking so much healthier.... still not sleeping great & the cravings are a pain!! Coming online to recovery groups really help me 👌 I remember what I've been through and to keep going. I really don't want to ever turn back the way 💪 doing it for good this time!! I'm Just hoping in time these cavings will ease but I needed medical help this time so I also speak to services to help me continue on with subutex maintenance therapy. I know its another opiate but it's not using and I need long term support I've tried to many times without help. I know some people feel that's still using really.... but I will get off them in time, as long as I'm away from the streets and that life 💛 I'm slowly turning my life right around already. Thanx for your support means a lot Lisa 🏴 xx
I wanna tell you that you're worth it, right there where you are. Everything thats in your past dont define who you are. It's a new day & you can be whatever u want, cause the devil is a liar with the cleverest fronts
14 days HELL YES im proud brother keep it up, ive been following since that first video couple weeks back! your already lookin noticeably better. makes me happy to see, thanks for sharing with us and being so honest. we need to help eachother your right man, were in this together. much love and support from Vancouver-Canada 🇨🇦 🍁. -Curtis
I am watching this video a year after the fact. ( Just came accross your channel) wish I would have found it years ago. I hope you ( Zack ) and Derek are still clean. Thanks for sharing your stories....truly helps me to relate and help one of my kids who has struggled with addiction. Thank you and God bless you. Much ❤
I prey for me for you and for everyone that struggles with addiction, I hope and wish that next year this time we feel better and win this battle and get back to this channel and this video or videos and tell each other that we defeated the Devil and there is nothing to be scared of anymore. May God be with us all in this tough times. stay strong brother. Amen 🙏✊🏻❤️
Hang in there Zac life gets better mate trust me. I was using from 13 -35 years of age drugs and alcohol. Ive lost both my brothers to drug overdose in and out of prison. After my last brother died 2011 i reached out and i asked for some help, ive been clean and sober now for almost 10 years. If you really want it you'll find a way, if you dont you'll find an excuse. Comes down to you brother but let me tell you there is a better life
Congratulations on your sobriety. Keep trucking along and fighting. I've watched my husband struggle for years and he's in prison now. I know it's not easy to stay sober especially on the hard days and I know feelings of guilt and shame can send you back to it. Congratulations again. Please keep posting your progress !
I am so proud of you!! I know first hand how horrible this stuff is and how hard it is detoxing. But you are strong and you can do this. You are going to feel like a new person once you are through this. And you are such a handsome guy just like my son, you don’t want to destroy your looks and actually your whole body. And if you start feeling tempted just think about your adorable baby girl you want to be around to see her grow up. Keep up the good work!!! I’m following you and I’m very proud of you!!!!!
Keep it up ZacH! Super proud of you my brother! Stay focused and we are here for you! Keep up the good worK ! I have 37 days off Fentanyl🤙🏻 “Let’s get it my Boy.¡!
I know being away from your kiddo has to be hard but in the long run you are becoming a better dad for her. If you stay sober your ex will see your progress and it’ll probably change her mind ab letting you see your daughter. Your little girl will respect you so much more for getting your life together and finding recovery. ❤️
Congrats on 14 days!! 🎉 I personally don’t struggle with addiction but find comfort in watching your videos and gives me hope to get back someone really close to me. You sound so focused stay strong and keep going, you got this! Any advice on how to help a loved one who is struggling with addiction? What do you guys need from us during recovery? Thanks & good luck!
WOW my dude !!! Your FUCKING AWESOME !!!! I’m telling all my patients to watch your videos to give them hope and to see there IS A WAY OUT !!!! They will be watching all your videos at the S.A.R.C center !!! The Sacramento addiction & Recovery Center 👍🏻 and also in Orange County ! Keep rocking brother! 🤙🏻
Dude, you're doing it. YOURE DOING IT. You're doing what you've truly wanted for a long time. You're doing what you've dreamed of all those lonely nights high, miserable and thinking. Keep going. It's only been two weeks and you look 200% better. Bless, bro.
I hope he's doing well. I am withdrawing from kratom and it's been harder to quit than crystal was. I was on the fent blues for a while and got off them with kratom, I'm 18 and started doing ice when I was like 13 or so. So being sober is very new to me and it's been hard but I feel alive for the first time in a while
Oh yeah kratom withdrawals the craziest shit I ever been thru …. Time goes extremely slow and it took about 2 months for me to feel normal I’m about 10months clean from 4 years of daily use back to back …. That time flew by I don’t even remember doing anything worth remembering in those 4 years …. Stay strong bud I hope you’re still clean if not I understand kratom is useful to cope from heavier things
@@vibranium1581 i quit for 3 weeks and gave up. Im going to quit for good in june, i have no choice i ship in july for marine boot camp so i wont have the chance to take kratom
@@jaobyeden4143 I tried CT and it didn’t work I had to prepare with these supplements: Lions Mane Mushroom, DLPA , and subtle amounts of phenibut (possible addiction for phenibut although if you have a strong mind it’s not nearly addictive as kratom)
@@vibranium1581 i had gabapentin and clonodine, clonodine didnt help much but gabapentin was pretty good at reducing the restlessness and stuff. Maybe tapering will work better, maybe i should just do a regular opioid for a while cause k withdrawal is worse i tell you lol
@@jaobyeden4143 I did that maybe a month clean from kratom I didn’t go looking for opiates but since it was around and I still felt out of place I took it which also came with a feeling of regret …. Phenibut is way stronger than that GABA stuff tho it totally destroys anxiety
Keep it up u got this 💯. Man I’ve been there … supporting you all the way!!! Thanks for the videos you are doing so good! I don’t have FB, cant remember my damn password .. I suppose I’ll have to make another account I’ll def hit u up when I do! ❤️🙏💪
You dropped a lot of truth bombs especially in the first half, haven’t related like that in awhile. I hate it when people say weed isn’t addictive because I’ve been addicted half my life and even though I still get a lot of benefits and it’s my last daily addiction, I would be super concerned if it didn’t help with pain and me being pretty unstable completely sober. Also what you said about opioids is dead true and you’re one of the few people I’ve heard say it. I let myself think about using opioids but only if I get them from a safe source and I only get small doses instead of making it a huge deal like they do in NA and cause of the fear of going back I’ve been off them since I went to rehab. Keep going man, you’re already looking way better physically, you already can’t see the drugs in your face which is crazy for 2 weeks
Stay strong you can do this! I know how hard it is in the beginning surround yourself with people that have long term quality sobriety thats what i did! I met my husband in the rooms of AA we were clean and sober then we both relasped then got clean we both went through drug court he did awesome i didn't i was eventually terminated from drug court and by the grace of god wasn't sentenced to prison but to probation i did great with that my husband has 14 years now and i have 12😊 one day at a time!
Don’t try to do alone!!! So so proud of you! Let God in!!! Ask Him to send you people that are accountability partners that are more in your life, not just online. But keep the online support because I know it is huge. I’m a mom of a son. (3 sons actually) but one who struggles. I pray that God will bring someone in his life that he feels safe to be transparent with. But will also call him out on his bs. It’s life and death. Your life is a gift! His life is a gift. Will continue to pray for you as I do my son. You can do this and you can one day go on to help a whole world of people in your shoes!!! That’s what it’s all about!❤️🙏🏼🙏🏼👍🏼 you’ve got this!!!!!
4 days off of koke I hate that shit it’s the worst drug in my mind I’m 18 had 4 heart attacks happy to be here but it’s hard kuz I trade one of another hard to be feelin normal when u been so used to being high every day all day but jus got to take it day by day baby steps ig good work mane u got it 💯👌🏼🤘🏼🩸
Funny story about your grandma. I know how it feels to feel like your happiness depends on a drug. It such an evil thing . Keep up days without the drug to the point where your brain kinda forgets . You relapsed but it’s not over . Find happiness little by little in other things . I know how it works. Keep it up
It will get better, the draw to it is hard.. grab the phone not the pipe. keep it going never quit, never fail! meth was hardest thing for me to quit started meth when I was 12 .. besides nicotine that is still craved... only crave dope if I happen to be around people I know use it.. have to be very careful or I will use if handed the pipe.. knowing yourself is key. be honest with youself as well if not can end up back in the circle much love..
Took my last dose of opiates Dec 27th 2021 its been hell but I'm definitely getting better. Cold turkey not recommended. I think I'm ready to find a meeting.
U got this and as everyone says.. u better get to the next day keep going ur starting to look healthier hun yeyyy… meth must be nasty huh?? I’m in uk and we don’t have it here
dude you look alot better its crazy. I am 2 months 7 days clean from opiates. Pills. since I was 16 im 33 now. I have had 2 relapses from decent clean time in between. Now I feel like I know what always brought me to it so I'm just staying away. stay strong man. Days fly by. Every day you will be feeling alittle bit better. even on your shittiest sober day its still better than your best day on drugs. especially after what you know now.
Well said boss 👏
Ikr he’s super lucky he didn’t get resting meth face, I knew people in rehab who were clean for years that you could still tell were methheads while the coke and heroin addicts went back to looking normal after 2-6 months. Meth is scary cause it’s one of the only drugs that causes pretty much permanent damage
I've relapsed on and off for 3 weeks on down, I take methadose and worked so hard to lower my dose to 4mg and my relapse threw my dose balance off. I just want to be free of all opiods/opiates....it hurts so much.
I trust is the Lord and pray for his help to overcome all my temptations and forgiveness of my sins.
@@benevans3811 Dont let it get you down. Each time I relapsed I took a lesson away from it. It sucks. Theres no other way to describe it. You know what has to happen and it will. Keep working/ youve got this.
Me to mate I'm going though it and your right again you think people slagging you off behind your back . That's what's going though my head now x
The Grandma is still praying for ya! Keep hanging in there. Super proud of you. No need to be ashamed. We all have this disease together.
Thank you. And your right and that's what I'm trying to prove that there is no reason not to be able to tell people the horrible thing we done in addition being ashamed, I putting it all out there , living proof that people can change and move on fighting addiction
You're beyond welcome. Hey, our first steps are admitting we have an addiction and exposing our faults. it's just part of our struggeling reality. Oh man, the things I'm ashamed of! We all have those guilts. You're on a great road...keep pushing that gas pedal...🤗🖒🕇
You got it bud one day at a time!! It can be done for anyone going through it right now please gather the inner streanth to get through the worst. Prayers to u and anyone else withdrawing right now! 🙏🙏💯💯
Thanks Austin , I really appreciate that , and will do
Amen
Nah dude, you can’t fuck up. You got this👍🏼💪🏼
The struggle is real Zach, day 8 now for me finally starting to feel better now its the head war. Trying to keep busy with good people that support your recovery and these videos really do help. Your doing so well even to share all to everyone like this and your so real and honest. Your a decent guy Zach keep going strong and your life will turn right round and you have a diary of your progress well done stay strong and keep smiling xx
@@bexleybeyond7524 Thanks very much for asking really kind. I'm getting stronger each day 💪...looking so much healthier.... still not sleeping great & the cravings are a pain!! Coming online to recovery groups really help me 👌 I remember what I've been through and to keep going.
I really don't want to ever turn back the way 💪 doing it for good this time!!
I'm Just hoping in time these cavings will ease but I needed medical help this time so I also speak to services to help me continue on with subutex maintenance therapy.
I know its another opiate but it's not using and I need long term support I've tried to many times without help. I know some people feel that's still using really.... but I will get off them in time, as long as I'm away from the streets and that life 💛 I'm slowly turning my life right around already.
Thanx for your support means a lot Lisa 🏴 xx
I wanna tell you that you're worth it, right there where you are. Everything thats in your past dont define who you are. It's a new day & you can be whatever u want, cause the devil is a liar with the cleverest fronts
14 days HELL YES im proud brother keep it up, ive been following since that first video couple weeks back! your already lookin noticeably better. makes me happy to see, thanks for sharing with us and being so honest. we need to help eachother your right man, were in this together. much love and support from Vancouver-Canada 🇨🇦 🍁.
-Curtis
Been watching you for a few years. You’ve come so far never let go of the hard work you put in to get to this point
Love and light to you man! You can do it!
Bro I'm proud of you too. It is not easy and you are fighting the good fight. Much love brother.
stay strong, your videos give us strength through you 💪🏼 proud of you
I am watching this video a year after the fact. ( Just came accross your channel) wish I would have found it years ago. I hope you ( Zack ) and Derek are still clean. Thanks for sharing your stories....truly helps me to relate and help one of my kids who has struggled with addiction. Thank you and God bless you. Much ❤
same I jst found this channel and wish isn't wasn't dead these guys are helping me through more than anything else atm
You got this! You are so strong. The life you deserve is waiting.
Well done, I started following you on fb and it's lovely to see you getting better everyday
I prey for me for you and for everyone that struggles with addiction, I hope and wish that next year this time we feel better and win this battle and get back to this channel and this video or videos and tell each other that we defeated the Devil and there is nothing to be scared of anymore. May God be with us all in this tough times. stay strong brother. Amen 🙏✊🏻❤️
Big respect man ♥️♥️♥️ absolute legend you got this
Hang in there Zac life gets better mate trust me. I was using from 13 -35 years of age drugs and alcohol. Ive lost both my brothers to drug overdose in and out of prison. After my last brother died 2011 i reached out and i asked for some help, ive been clean and sober now for almost 10 years. If you really want it you'll find a way, if you dont you'll find an excuse. Comes down to you brother but let me tell you there is a better life
Man just found your channel.
Get well soon
From Scotland 🏴
A day at a time bro...
Congratulations!!! You deserve the world, keep going strong!! 💚💚💚
Thanks Nikki, I miss talking to you and hope you doing good and also wish you the very best , you deserve it as well
You got this man
Congratulations on your sobriety. Keep trucking along and fighting. I've watched my husband struggle for years and he's in prison now. I know it's not easy to stay sober especially on the hard days and I know feelings of guilt and shame can send you back to it. Congratulations again. Please keep posting your progress !
Stay strong zack you've got this mate 👍
I am so proud of you!! I know first hand how horrible this stuff is and how hard it is detoxing. But you are strong and you can do this. You are going to feel like a new person once you are through this. And you are such a handsome guy just like my son, you don’t want to destroy your looks and actually your whole body. And if you start feeling tempted just think about your adorable baby girl you want to be around to see her grow up. Keep up the good work!!! I’m following you and I’m very proud of you!!!!!
So proud! One day at a time! Praying so much for you!!! 🙏❤️🙏❤️🥰
It's Zack , thanks for showing me some love , hit me up on FB if you ever need want to chat , at Zack addictionkills
Respect man. Keep up the good work
Keep it up ZacH! Super proud of you my brother! Stay focused and we are here for you! Keep up the good worK ! I have 37 days off Fentanyl🤙🏻 “Let’s get it my Boy.¡!
I know being away from your kiddo has to be hard but in the long run you are becoming a better dad for her. If you stay sober your ex will see your progress and it’ll probably change her mind ab letting you see your daughter. Your little girl will respect you so much more for getting your life together and finding recovery. ❤️
I really hope you are right and thanks so much
Congrats on 14 days!! 🎉 I personally don’t struggle with addiction but find comfort in watching your videos and gives me hope to get back someone really close to me. You sound so focused stay strong and keep going, you got this! Any advice on how to help a loved one who is struggling with addiction? What do you guys need from us during recovery? Thanks & good luck!
You go! Keep your head up. much love from pittsburgh pa
Never give up! Take a mistake as stepping stone for better future! Many blessings to you!
WOW my dude !!! Your FUCKING AWESOME !!!! I’m telling all my patients to watch your videos to give them hope and to see there IS A WAY OUT !!!! They will be watching all your videos at the S.A.R.C center !!! The Sacramento addiction & Recovery Center 👍🏻 and also in Orange County ! Keep rocking brother! 🤙🏻
So proud! Keep going one day at a time! You can recover!!!
Thanks and I know that's right
Dude, you're doing it. YOURE DOING IT. You're doing what you've truly wanted for a long time. You're doing what you've dreamed of all those lonely nights high, miserable and thinking. Keep going. It's only been two weeks and you look 200% better. Bless, bro.
Good for you!!!! I’m so proud of you
I hope he's doing well. I am withdrawing from kratom and it's been harder to quit than crystal was. I was on the fent blues for a while and got off them with kratom, I'm 18 and started doing ice when I was like 13 or so. So being sober is very new to me and it's been hard but I feel alive for the first time in a while
Oh yeah kratom withdrawals the craziest shit I ever been thru …. Time goes extremely slow and it took about 2 months for me to feel normal I’m about 10months clean from 4 years of daily use back to back …. That time flew by I don’t even remember doing anything worth remembering in those 4 years …. Stay strong bud I hope you’re still clean if not I understand kratom is useful to cope from heavier things
@@vibranium1581 i quit for 3 weeks and gave up. Im going to quit for good in june, i have no choice i ship in july for marine boot camp so i wont have the chance to take kratom
@@jaobyeden4143 I tried CT and it didn’t work I had to prepare with these supplements: Lions Mane Mushroom, DLPA , and subtle amounts of phenibut (possible addiction for phenibut although if you have a strong mind it’s not nearly addictive as kratom)
@@vibranium1581 i had gabapentin and clonodine, clonodine didnt help much but gabapentin was pretty good at reducing the restlessness and stuff. Maybe tapering will work better, maybe i should just do a regular opioid for a while cause k withdrawal is worse i tell you lol
@@jaobyeden4143 I did that maybe a month clean from kratom I didn’t go looking for opiates but since it was around and I still felt out of place I took it which also came with a feeling of regret …. Phenibut is way stronger than that GABA stuff tho it totally destroys anxiety
Keep it up u got this 💯. Man I’ve been there … supporting you all the way!!! Thanks for the videos you are doing so good! I don’t have FB, cant remember my damn password .. I suppose I’ll have to make another account I’ll def hit u up when I do! ❤️🙏💪
Make it to a month then three months and you’ll feel GOLDEN my brother, keep at it!
You dropped a lot of truth bombs especially in the first half, haven’t related like that in awhile. I hate it when people say weed isn’t addictive because I’ve been addicted half my life and even though I still get a lot of benefits and it’s my last daily addiction, I would be super concerned if it didn’t help with pain and me being pretty unstable completely sober. Also what you said about opioids is dead true and you’re one of the few people I’ve heard say it. I let myself think about using opioids but only if I get them from a safe source and I only get small doses instead of making it a huge deal like they do in NA and cause of the fear of going back I’ve been off them since I went to rehab. Keep going man, you’re already looking way better physically, you already can’t see the drugs in your face which is crazy for 2 weeks
Congrats on 2 weeks! 👍💪 Keep going! I'm a week behind you, but hopefully getting there also.
And thanks for posting these, it's a huge help!
Stay strong you can do this! I know how hard it is in the beginning surround yourself with people that have long term quality sobriety thats what i did! I met my husband in the rooms of AA we were clean and sober then we both relasped then got clean we both went through drug court he did awesome i didn't i was eventually terminated from drug court and by the grace of god wasn't sentenced to prison but to probation i did great with that my husband has 14 years now and i have 12😊 one day at a time!
Good shit man
Well done, keep going ✊
One day at a time is the realest shit I ever heard. I know it sounds cliché. But it works
Don’t try to do alone!!! So so proud of you! Let God in!!! Ask Him to send you people that are accountability partners that are more in your life, not just online. But keep the online support because I know it is huge. I’m a mom of a son. (3 sons actually) but one who struggles. I pray that God will bring someone in his life that he feels safe to be transparent with. But will also call him out on his bs. It’s life and death. Your life is a gift! His life is a gift. Will continue to pray for you as I do my son. You can do this and you can one day go on to help a whole world of people in your shoes!!! That’s what it’s all about!❤️🙏🏼🙏🏼👍🏼 you’ve got this!!!!!
Nice!
4 days off of koke I hate that shit it’s the worst drug in my mind I’m 18 had 4 heart attacks happy to be here but it’s hard kuz I trade one of another hard to be feelin normal when u been so used to being high every day all day but jus got to take it day by day baby steps ig good work mane u got it 💯👌🏼🤘🏼🩸
You have such a sadness about you. I’m so sorry, your so sad. I’m praying for you. You hang in there. Reach out to the Lord.
Funny story about your grandma. I know how it feels to feel like your happiness depends on a drug. It such an evil thing . Keep up days without the drug to the point where your brain kinda forgets . You relapsed but it’s not over . Find happiness little by little in other things . I know how it works. Keep it up
You look good today. Do this week and the next 4 your daughter its the only way u can work back to seeing her.❤🧡❤
Yo man keep going
You went through active meth addiction and managed to keep the gold on your neck! Well done.
♥️
Keep pressing on. May Jesus grant you sustained victory.
It will get better, the draw to it is hard.. grab the phone not the pipe. keep it going never quit, never fail! meth was hardest thing for me to quit started meth when I was 12 .. besides nicotine that is still craved... only crave dope if I happen to be around people I know use it.. have to be very careful or I will use if handed the pipe.. knowing yourself is key. be honest with youself as well if not can end up back in the circle much love..
Took my last dose of opiates Dec 27th 2021 its been hell but I'm definitely getting better. Cold turkey not recommended. I think I'm ready to find a meeting.
I would recommend you Mooji, Jim Newman and Alan Watts on TH-cam (:
Once you quit cigarettes it's so much easier. Switch to vape then jump and enjoy the rest of your life
Your doing great do it now don’t waste 30yr
Thanks I'm for sure trying
U got this and as everyone says.. u better get to the next day keep going ur starting to look healthier hun yeyyy… meth must be nasty huh?? I’m in uk and we don’t have it here
You relapsed?
this is zack. Sadly yes , you didn't see the other videos? Hit me up on messenger if you want.
You need to do a 4th step cuz you are focusing on shit from the past!! Work the steps and put the past in the past
Damnit grandma stop selling your drugs for so cheap (unless its me)